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ISBN Number:

9783540204909
Subtitle: Searching for the Definition of Life
Author: Popa, Radu
Publisher: Springer
Location: New York
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Life
Subject: Exobiology
Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
Series: Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics,
Series Volume: no 16
Publication Date: January 2004
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Number of Pages: 252
Book Size: 948x630x61 111

This study investigates the major theories of the origins of life in the light of modern research with the aim of distinguishing between the necessary and the optional and between deterministic and random influences in the emergence of what we call 'life.' Life is treated as a cosmic phenomenon whose emergence and driving force should be viewed independently from its Earth-bound natural history. The author synthesizes all the fundamental life-related developments in a comprehensive scenario, and makes the argument that understanding life in its broadest context requires a material-independent perspective that identifies its essential fingerprints.

Searching for the Definitions and Origin of Life: Between Necessity and Probability (Advances in...
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